法定药用植物论述

Dissertation on the Legal Medicinal Plants

关键词:  法定药用植物  中国法定药用植物  国际法定药用植物  药典  中药材标准

Key words:  legal medicinal plants  legal medicinal plants of China  international legal medicinal plants  pharmacopoeia  standards of Chinese crude drugs

摘要:

目的 对法定药用植物这一概念进行诠释，并对其内容和范围进行概括，阐明提出法定药用植物这一概念的意义。方法 查询我国历版中国药典、国家标准、地方标准和国外药典，对其收载的传统药、植物药和天然药物的基源植物进行分析，概括其基源植物的全貌。对提出法定药用植物这一概念的背景和历史渊源进行分析综合。结果 国家药典收载植物来源中药材已有悠久的历史，我国法定药用植物数量多，种类丰富，截止目前，我国的法定药用植物总数为2 965种，种类包含菌藻、地衣、苔藓、蕨类、裸子植物和被子植物。国外药典和标准亦收载了相当数量的法定药用植物。结论 法定药用植物这一概念的提出既符合法制日益健全的社会潮流也符合传统药、植物药和天然药物发展趋势。这一概念的提出具有深远意义，为法定药用植物的进一步研究、生产和使用奠定了基础。

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE To expound the concept of legal medicinal plants, and outline its contents and scope, and clarify the significance of the concept of legal medicinal plants. METHODS Query all editions of pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China, the state standards, local standards of our country and foreign pharmacopoeia in which were recorded the traditional medicines, plant medicines or natural medicines, which were originated form plants. The whole picture of plant from which all above medicines were originated was sumed up. The background and historical origin of the concept of legal medicinal plants were analyzed and colligated. RESULTS There was a long history for state pharmacopoeia to collect traditional Chinese medicines from plants in China. Up to now, the total number of legal medicinal plants of China was 2 965, including fungi, lichens, mosses, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Foreign pharmacopoeia have also collected a considerable amount of legal medicinal plants. CONCLOSION The concept of legal medicinal plants is consistent with both the social trends in which the legal system is becoming more healthy, and growing trend of the traditional medicines, plant medicines and natural medicines. The concept of legal medicinal plant has far-reaching significance. It lays the foundation for the further cultivation, research and utilization of legal medicinal plants.